April Tarotscopes

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The theme for April is The Future is Now. 

The more distance you put between the future and the present, the future and yourself, the less likely you are to achieve what you want. The more distance you put between some nebulous future, the more separation you create. “One day” becomes “never” in the subconscious mind at various speeds. 

There is never a perfect—or even convenient, or easy—time to make changes and try different things. The future is already on its way. Prepare for it by being who you’d most like to be, doing what you’d most like to do, and showing up in a way that enforces self-confidence, not flagellation, as much as you can. 

Get honest about your capacity, your fears, and what you need to shift. 
Get out of your head and into action. 

Zoom out and view yourself and your progress as if a benevolent, kind universe (or your guides, or your future you) was watching. 

Read for your rising, or if you have prominent placements in a sign you are currently working with. For April, it might be useful to apply the information here to the house the Aries and/or Libra rules. 

These Tarotscopes are written for your Rising Sign, but if you have prominent placements in a sign, or currently identify more with your Moon Sign or Sun Sign, then read for those. 

Aries
Ten of Cups, reversed 

In April, you won’t take a single moment for granted. That’s because you recognize that grief, regret, and other emotional hauntings are ultimately messengers of values and needs. Everything uncomfortable is a compass pointing you to what requires a wider spectrum of emotion. The feels that come up this month are ancient, that’s why they feel so overwhelming. They need to be processed so you don’t repeat the past. To heal happens only through the wound. 

Sometimes our ego can’t acknowledge particular deep wounds; unsure of what that could mean about certain relationships or certain aspects of our past. Unsure of what that would mean about who we are. In April, you won’t be afraid of uncertainty. April will help you dismantle any fears about being unloveable, too much, or not enough. 

That’s because you will sit down with the uglier emotions: resentment, regret, grief, anger. You’ll let them flow through you like floods, fountains, waterfalls and rivers. You’ll let them move out into the ocean that is greater depth and capacity. Treasure these moments of emotional release and alchemy, knowing they bring the gifts of clarity, redemption, and love. 

Suggested spell ingredients: Therapy, chamomile tea, sunset walks, feeling your feelings, and time. 

Taurus
2 of Cups

In April, you’ll have breakthroughs around capacity and reciprocity. That’s because you’ll finally understand the importance of your resentments and resistance. Resentment shows you what you are no longer willing to put up with, where you have betrayed yourself. Resistance shows you where you are ready to dive in. Your mental health and its link to your ability to “handle” both the every day and the extraordinary will be highlighted all month. Believe and achieve.  

Small things become big things, and small things are where you must begin. How you begin your day. The energy that you sit down at your desk with, make the hard phone call from, or fold laundry with: it’s all connected. 

As you begin to trust yourself more, resentment will diminish and confidence will grow. As you tackle harder tasks you’ve been avoiding, self-trust will solidify. As you prioritize depth over busy work, you’ll feel more connected to the world and a motivating purpose.

Get the help you need and start where you are. All this will extend into your core relationship with yourself and those around you. Some people will stay, some will go, and some dynamics must be shifted. Boundaries, discipline, patience, and heart-centered intuition are your secret ingredients for change. 

Suggested spell ingredients: Embodiment practices like somatics or dance, rose quartz, love letters, mirror work, and belief. 

Gemini 
4 of Cups 

This month, don’t force yourself to make any major decisions you don’t have to. People in your sphere could try to pressure you, or you might be feeling impatient with…everything…but this is not the month for blowing up your life. The floodgates will want to open, again and again. Again and again, you’ll have to put one foot in front of the other, practice regulation, and take care of what is directly in front of you. Emotionally. Mentally. Physically. Spirituality! Nothing more, nothing less. 

In April, much will appear the same on the surface, but underneath, a lot is changing. That’s because you are changing the approach that you have in response to your emotions. You’re changing the way you relate to your obligations. Over time, life will respond differently. 

Respect your dream world, but don’t stay there. Reoccurring daydreams point to what you wish to bring forth into the world, not a place to retreat and escape. Keep a log of the most potent dreams that occur this month. May or June is when you build them. Keep a log of all the small victories: the drama you avoided, the situation you de-escalated, the responsibilities you met with flying colors. Creativity isn’t only for making art, its for living life with. 

Suggested spell ingredients: Gentle no’s, exuberant yeses, restraint, electrolytes, and lepidolite.

Cancer 
7 of Swords Reversed 

April is for calling your power back. That begins with your focus, mindset, environment, and time. This requires self-respect and the acknowledgment that this is your one and only precious life. How will you spend it? Where will you spend it? With whom will you enjoy it? 

These are all major topics, but they’ve been at the forefront of your mind for the past year. How you wish to be known later begins with what you choose to invest in, now—whether that be property, community gardens, an apology, or classes that might lead to a new career or friend. This month, you’ll have revelations about how to act differently so that certain calamities won’t be repeated. That’s been one of your cages, gentle Moonchild. Fear of the past repeating itself has held you back in certain areas. You have more control, and more options than you think: go towards growth, go towards the good.

Time will pass anyway, so make the mistake. Time will pass anyway, so make the next fascinating move. Time will pass anyway, so stop and smell the roses. Time will pass anyway, so get out of your own way. You can trust yourself to keep what is most precious to you safe. If it happens again, you’ll know what to do, but most likely, it won’t happen again, so let it go. Let go of the past, forgive yourself, cut cords, and begin again. 

Suggested Spells: Thought work, obsidian, permission slips, poetry writing, and screams. 

Leo
The Empress Reversed 

In April, you’ll have many opportunities to be proud of yourself. For not giving up. For the awesome relationships you’ve built over many years. Proud of yourself for choosing peace, centering collaboration, and staying on the path even in moments of darkness. The question is: will you let yourself enjoy it?There are times to push through, and times to force yourself to the finish line. April is a month to renegotiate aspects of your energetic output. Specifically: can you finish a task with less expectation attached to it? Can you have an exchange with 50% less emotional labor? Notice how much invisible effort you make, based on habits formed long ago. You are an adult now: you don’t have to make everyone happy by bending over backward. You are an adult now: you can lean back in your chair or frolic in the fields. Let certain relationships and opportunities come to you. 

The gardens you’ve planted are all growing fruit. It’s tempting to pick fruit before they ripen but refrain. In May or June, you’ll see more of the outcomes of your efforts. In April, tend to what you must. Fertilize the soil, hum to the pollinators, and invite people over to enjoy the same bright sun.  

Suggested Spell Ingredients: Seeds, dark chocolate, energetic hygiene, orgasms, and copper. 

Virgo 
The Fool, Reversed 

It’s almost time for something new, but not quite yet, Virgo. You don’t yet have all the information you need, and this month’s eclipse activates your vulnerable 8th and 2nd houses. These are the places of self-worth and values, ancestry and debt. There could be a lot of emphasis on what you are owed, where you feel entitled, sacrifices, or where you might have to make peace with paying a certain price. 

April is a month for organizing the harder aspects of your life with more levity. Examine what you already have, and what you already have to deal with, before adding anything else to your plate. Deal with what you have been putting off, and that alone will give you confidence and make things feel lighter. 

The Fool reversed isn’t a blank slate, and neither are you. Your life has been an accumulation and an aggregate of so much complexity and so many circumstances that are unique to you. What will shift in April is that instead of believing you are what happened to you, you’ll begin to believe in your agency. Both endings and beginnings are processes, and you’re setting the stage for a different chapter. 

Suggested spell ingredients: Clear quartz, comedy, laughter, living wills, aerobics, and budgets. 

Libra
Page of Pentacles 

April is about rootedness and foundations. It’s about listening to the nuances of your body in a much deeper way. The types of environments you need to cultivate and surround yourself will be non-negotiable this month. Let it begin with your nervous system, your brain, with what you feed yourself and believe about yourself. What is possible for you is ready to be embodied. Do you need to make yourself a forest, a palace, a river, or something else?

A classic Libra trait is the ability to truly understand all sides. This makes you a great diplomat, In April, practice pulling back your energy. Try to make choices from a personal, gut space. Break up with the behavior you think that others want from you. Chances are, what you think others want from you isn’t the truth. At the end of the day, clarity and honesty are the kindest choices to make. 

The Page of Pentacles is the archetype of commitment and devotion. There are times to be free-spirited and non-commital: April is not that time. Decide what you want to focus on. What are the projects you want to focus on until the end? How do you want to relate to your body, money, time, energy, and the spaces and land you inhabit? Pick one focus, and let fresh roots grow out from there. 

Suggested spell ingredients: Pine needle incense, mushrooms, investments, acorns, and trust. 

Scorpio
9 of Pentacles 

For new directions to spring forth, you’ve first got to believe in the possibility of them. Different opportunities require different actions. Somewhere, deep down, there’s a part of you that believes that while it can happen for others, it won’t ever happen for you. Somewhere, deep down, there’s a part of you that must start to believe in the unbelievable. 

In April, the idea of the good life is due for an update. In some aspects, your life is better than you ever could have imagined; it’s what your past self desperately wanted. Because of this, your subconscious may have put a cap on how much more you can receive. There’s a link between scarcity and achievement, there’s a tie between control and pleasure. Can you break those attachments?

April is the month to let yourself dream big again, as if you can have anything you want. And you can, so long as you understand that the level of discipline and patience needed is directly proportional to the amount of blessings you can receive. It’s the month to understand that there isn’t an abundance limit on your life, so stop acting that way. Start acting like the future is wide open. 

Suggested ingredients: Fruit trees, red candles, strutting, paradox, and desire.  

Sagittarius 
The Sun

In April, it will be hard to see clearly. Make confusion your best friend. We fear confusion because we think that certainty promises safety. But knowledge for certainty’s sake is futile and flaccid. Use knowledge for thrills, connections, service, and to add to the greater life forces of the world. The greatest quest is making peace with the unknown and living out the questions, anyway. 

In April, watch out where your unconscious bias boxes you in. Watch out for where you are so fixed upon one opportunity that you are oblivious to another. Do not force yourself to need to know much of anything this month. How does that make your body feel? How does that shift your to-do lists in April, if there isn’t some great big answer you have to come to, if there isn’t some greater why you must vocalize perfectly? If someone is forcing you to make a definite proclamation or decision this month, tell them that you need more time. 

There’s a solar eclipse this month in your 5th house of creativity, pleasure, fun, and fertility. None of that requires certainty or authority. They do need curiosity, play, faith, and a lack of self-consciousness. That’s your task, should you choose to accept it. Titrite, infuse or saturate your life with those qualities and see what arises in your being. 

Suggested spell ingredients: Sunshine, citrine, vitamin C, (safe) eclipse viewing, and games. 

Capricorn
5 of Cups Reversed 

In April, you’ll figure out how to move on from one habit or hook that has had you snared for a little too long. You’ll begin to make grief more of a teacher, less of a boulder in your throat. Grief will become more of a friend and less of an existential dark cloud. Grief is love with nowhere to go. In April, you’re channeling love like never before. The stars and angels sing their praises as tears on your cheeks and golden honey in your heart.  

Sometimes, emotions are just habits. Sometimes, yes, it is that deep, and you can find a way to be gentler with yourself. Figuring out where to let it out, how to let it go, and when to compartmentalize is some of your work in April. 

The early April eclipse emphasizes ancestry and home. There’s a tenderness to the month as what is written in your bones expresses itself. Remember that your mother is your grandmother’s daughter. Remember that you can choose the gifts that ancestor’s gave you, and distance yourself from some of the curses. Remember that the water, flowers, soil, and chosen kin can be your ancestors as well. 

Suggested spell ingredients: Therapy, tears, art, desert rose, and rivers. 

Aquarius 
4 of Pentacles 

In April, you are going to explore satisfaction. It’s a slippery felt sense that has been admittedly fleeting as of late. It’s ok for a goal to take a long time, so long as the passion is there. You’ll always do the hard work to adhere to a technicolor vision. But you haven’t been able to connect to that felt sense, or have a clear vision yet this year. What you decide to do in April will change all that. 

Saturn is in your 12th house, bringing up mental health issues and how you self-sabotage. Saturn wants to help you bring some newer, weirder ideas into form. There’s a tension between saying yes to ideas that seem to have no connection to your current life. There could even be a fear of punishment or loss of social standing once you’ve started obeying certain calls. Try it anyway. Orbit around a fuzzy vision until it gets clearer. Name what feeds your hunger. 

Sketch and freehand concepts, shapes, and best-case scenarios. Pull back your energy by noticing just how much you give away, unasked. Call back your power by investing more in your mental health and well-being than you do to worry. Generate satisfaction by getting weirder, by letting yourself go farther creatively and conceptually than you have all year. 

Suggested Spell Ingredients: Big sketch pads, violet essence, dinner for breakfast, different stretch positions, and simple projects you can do in a day to give you instant satisfaction.

Pisces
8 of Pentacles 

No more investing in others before investing in yourself. No more making all the food, and feeding yourself last. No more giving into doubt more than the spark of inspiration. April is a time to break up with all the ways you’ve extracted from yourself, Pisces. It’s time to take a chance on you.

In April, you’ve got to work. You’ve got to try, you’ve got to refine, and you’ve got to go deep. That itch you’ve been feeling is one to be motivated by, not irritated. It is scary to put yourself first, to make yourself vulnerable, to choose to do something over and over not sure you will get a reward, let alone see progress. Understand how brave this makes you. Your ancestors, your angels, and your guides all sing your praises. Lean on them for strength and support. 

The 8 of Pentacles is a card about the fruits of your labor. This is about what you are choosing to do with your craft, with your career, with all that you organize, grow, and build. When in doubt, start with the tangible. What can you create? What are you building? Practice makes a practice. The time is now and the change maker is you. 

Suggested spell ingredients: Dedication, tiger eye, focus, iteration, and belief.